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1 min readUpdated Oct 7, 2026

How To Pause Your Don't Starve Together Server When It's Empty

With Pause When Empty on, your Don't Starve Together world pauses while nobody is online, so no days pass, crops don't grow and seasons don't change until a player joins. It is on by default.

Turn it off to keep the world running while nobody is online, for example so crops keep growing. Days and seasons keep passing too.

Changing Pause When Empty

  1. 1
    Log in to Bropanel and select your server.
  2. 2
    In the sidebar, go to Settings.
  3. 3
    Under Gameplay, enable or disable Pause When Empty.
  4. 4
    Click Save & Restart to apply your changes.

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